kiddy

kiddy

See also: Kiddy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪdi/

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  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɪɾi]
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɘɾiː]
• Homophone: kitty (US, Canada, New Zealand)

Noun

kiddy (plural kiddies)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”)
2. (obsolete, UK, slang) A man or boy.
3. (obsolete, UK, slang) A low thief.

Derived terms

• kiddyish

Verb

kiddy (third-person singular simple present kiddies, present participle kiddying, simple past and past participle kiddied)

1. (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes:

     But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]

References

• (man or boy; thief): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary